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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to my child's teacher, they (teachers) are given very detailed lesson plans and know what to teach from day to day and have specific worksheets to give the students for every day of instruction.  They do have flexibility on how they teach the material but there is a step by step approach from the county.  This is per my student (I did not speak to the teacher about this) but I have no reason to doubt the veracity of what he says.  
We have not felt the need for a textbook but I believe the teacher made some online resources available to the students through edline and that is what they are supposed to use if they need further clarification outside class.
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I see one child getting this type of instruction and one child not.  The principal said the materials provided by the Central Office are optional tools that the teacher can elect NOT to use.  The child that gets the materials though did better on the exam than the child who does not.

With that being said, I often copied the material for my child who did not receive such handouts, however, on day to day homework they have not been of help.  The teacher not using the Central Office materials has not been teaching the same topics.  They are like two different courses.  So the handouts on their own have not been a replacement for a highly skilled and organized teacher.[/quote]
I am not sure if you are in a position to judge but in your opinion are the Central Office materials high quality?  There have been a lot of posts bemoaning the lack of a textbook and I wonder whether these materials are meant to substitute for the textbook.  On the other hand if the materials simply replicate likely test and exam questions, all they are doing is teaching the child how to do well on a test or exam and they might not be learning enough to do well in Algebra II or Calculus. [/quote]

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